Our high school band has had a busy couple of weeks with MSBOA festival and a home performance, especially some of our juniors in the band. Abie, Mackenna and Eliana received a 1 rating at solo and ensemble which earned them an invitation to All Star Band hosted at McBain where they performed with 82 other musicians and a wonderful guest conductor. Additionally, Saturday, 3/18, was the State level of Solo & Ensemble where musicians are held to an even higher standard. Abie VanDuinen performed his trombone solo, “Maid of the Mist” and received another division 1 superior rating! A special thank you to Diane Larson for being our piano accompanist for both S&E performances. Way to go, Falcons! We are very proud of your hard work and dedication to the musical arts!
The Book Swap is Coming!
Congratulations to Junior Emily Schwarz for taking the top prize at West Michigan Student Showcase in the Solo/Duo Category! Emily performed a solo dance performance to "Ms" by Alt-j! For earning first place in this category, Emily was awarded $1000 and a medal! Great job to all of our students that represented Pentwater Public Schools: Academics - Grace Stoneman; Athletics - Abie VanDuinen and Anna VanDuinen; Literary Arts - Eliana Mandarano, and, Emily Schwarz - Performing Arts Solo.
The West MI Student Showcase has been a staple along the lakeshore for nearly 42 years. This annual celebration showcases close to 250 students from 35 different school districts throughout Muskegon, Ottawa, Oceana, Newaygo and Mason Counties.
Well done, Emily, and all of the Pentwater student representatives!
Come one, come all, to the Pentwater PTCO Carnival this evening, Friday, 3/17/23, from 5:30pm-7:30pm. Each elementary class has put together raffle baskets, some awesome prizes!
Pentwater Mental Health Break Day - Find Your Joy! Students in grades KG-12th enjoyed our Mental Health Break days on Thursday and Friday, 3/16-3/17! Mental health break days nurtures an awareness of mindfulness practices in all ages with the aim of creating lifelong interest and engagement in whole self wellness. We thank our partner, Oceana County Community Foundation, as well as those organizations with information booths, District #10 Health Dept. as well as Community Mental Health. We thank Settle Into Stillness for their willingness to come share with our students!
Do you have a student that would enjoy attending Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp? Applications are due to Mrs. Hugo at the front office by 4pm on 4/28/23!
Parents and Guardians, District Health Department #10 are offering immunizations, hearing, vision, and dental screenings on June 1st, 2023. Please bring your children out to take advantage of these services and also have the chance to meet Spiderman and Elsa! For more information please check out the attached image.
Mrs. Leona Ashley with Win With Wellness educated all the elementary students with Be smart, don’t start: A tobacco prevention program. Did you know that cigarettes contain 600 chemicals that convert to 7000 when lit! E-cigarettes are marketed to children with fun flavors and may cause irreversible lung damage. Mrs. Ashley showed us an example of healthy lungs vs. smoker lungs.
The 4th grade class enjoyed an amazing DTE/Consumers Energy presentation on Tuesday, 3/14, about "Think Energy!" The class learned about renewable and non-renewable energy sources. Each student also received a take home energy kit filled with materials to help encourage families to reduce energy and save on monthly energy bills. Thank you to our presenters for their amazing interactive presentation!
Pentwater's PTCO School Carnival is Friday, 3/17/23, from 5:30pm-7:30pm! There will be tons of FUN games & prizes, theme basket raffles, 50/50 raffle, concessions will be available with dinner with options like pizza & hot dogs! EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO COME & PLAY!
Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Wednesday, 3/15/23, from 4pm-7pm and Thursday, 3/16/23, from 12pm-3pm. Students are dismissed at 11:30am on Thursday, 3/16/23, and Friday, 3/17/23!
Remember to "spring forward" your clocks on 3/12/23, we lose an hour but we're one step closer to spring!
"Our high school band here at Pentwater performed at MSBOA District 1 festival hosted by Manistee High School today on March 8th and took home an overall Division 2 (excellent) rating! The high school band has not been to festival since pre-covid and most of the students have not been to festival at all. In addition, they scored a 1 (best) rating for sight reading which is arguably the hardest part of the festival performance. It is a huge achievement for our band and we cannot wait to take them again next year. So congratulate the HS band for their hard work next time you see them!", Mr. Rodriguez. We are incredibly proud of our musicians and our Band Director, Mr. Jesse Rodriguez, well done!
Congratulations to our JH/HS students of the month for February 2023: Breeya Mandarano (7th Grade); Aiden Henry (8th Grade); Lauren Davis (9th Grade); and, Michael Quinteros (11th Grade)! Well done!
Congratulations to WSESD Business Manager, Martha Baker, who retired, effective 3/1/23. We wish her the best of luck in her retirement, she has earned it!
Pentwater Public Schools Kindergarten Round-up will be held on Wednesday, April 12 at 6pm. For more information on this event, please see the attached flyer.
Happy birthday to Dr. Seuss and thank you to Mrs. Gina Voss, Reading Interventionist, for leading the way in celebrating the wonderful world of books!
It's time for the annual PTCO School Carnival, come join the fun!
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